Box or receptacle for face-powder



H. F. SLACK.

BOX 0R RECEPTACLE FOR fACE POWDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 31, 1919.

1,375,938., v Patented Apn'26, 1921.

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151 fl K/F ATTOBNEY.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY FRANK. SLACK, OF HOVE, ENGLAND, ASSJIGNOR T STANLEY SEPTIM'US BOOTY, OF EALING, LONDON, ENGLAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 26, 1921.

Application filed May 31, 1919. Serial No. 301,134.

This invention relates to boxes or receptacles for face powder or the like of thekind in which a sieve is arranged above the powder and by means of which the removal of excessive quantities of said powder 1s prevented.

It has already been proposed in boxes of this type to employ a sieve in the form of a piece of fabric which is stretched upon a frame adapted to fit within the receptacle and which frame is free to descend as the quantity of the powder diminishes, flaps or tabs being provided whereby the frame can be raised.

Boxes of the type referred to have the disadvantage that, if roughly handled or shaken, some of the powder may escape through the sieve. and become distributed around and on the top of the puff restlng upon said sieve. This escape of powder, which is greatest when the contents of the box have been partly consumed, is wasteful and inconvenient, inasmuch as said powder is spilled when the puff is withdrawn from the box for the purpose of using the powder. 35 The object of the resent invention is to -provide a box of this type which shall be free from these defects.

The invention consists broadly in the em ployment of resilient, means whereby the sieve is caused to confine the puff-device against the. lid of the receptacle to prevent the undesired discharge of powder through the sieve, whatever may be the position in which the box is placed. 45 As resilient means, any suitable spring device may be used; thus, for example, a

helical spiral or volute spring may be employed, or the sieve may be suspended from above by means of spring devices instead of being supported from below.

Means may be provided for preventin the leakage of powder between the edge of the sieve frame and the wall of the ,box; thus for example the sieve frame maybe formed so as to secure a powder-proof joint or it may be providedwith means adapted to secure such a joint.

Alternatively, a sleeve may be provided extending from the sieve frame to the bottom of the box, the powder being contained within this sleeve and between the sieve and the bottom of the receptacle.

The sieve may be in the form of a suitable fabric, stretched upon a flat frame adapted to fit within the box so as to allow the sieve to be pressed down upon the surface of the powder by the puff in order to remove the required amount of the contentsat each operation.

Above the sieve means may be providedto limit the motion of the, frame in an upward direction; thus, for instance, a second frame or ring constructed so as to fit tightly within the box, or to be secured by suitable adhesive, may be provided, this second frame or ring, which is stationary, being so fixed as to limit the height to which the spring causes the sieve to rise in the box.

.The invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings in which one construction in accordance with the invention is shown.

Figure l is a sectional View of the receptacle;

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the arrangement illustrated in Fig. 1, but in which case the sieve is being pressed down toward a the powder, which powder may have been already partly consumed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, a indicates the body of the box which is provided with a lid 6; 0 indicates the sieve and d indicates a helical spring.

In assembling the several elements of the device the spring d and the powder 6 are first admitted to the box and covered by the sieve 0 stretched upon the fiat movable frame g. The stationary frame 7 is then introduced and secured by adhesive if desired. Thepufi" w is now placed in the space above tlie iieve c and the lid 6 of the box is app 1e e Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A receptacle for face powder comprising a box, a lid therefor, a sieve within the box, a puff device between the sieve and the lid andresilient means adapted to force the sieve against the puff and the puff against the lid toprevent undesired discharge of ing a box, a lid therefor, a sieve within the box, a puff device between the sieve and the lid, said pufii' device being dimensioned to cover the open portion of the sieve and resilient means adapted to force the sieve against the puff and the puff against the lid to prevent undesired discharge of powder through said sieve.

3. A receptacle for face powder comprising a box, a lid therefor, a sieve within the box, a puff device between the sieve and the lid, resilient means adapted to force the sieve against the puff and the puff against the lid to prevent undesired dischar e of powder through the sieve and means a apted to limit the motion of the sieve in an upward direction.

4. A receptacle for face powder comprising a box, a lid therefor, a sieve within the box, a uff device between the sieve and the lid, said puff device being dimensioned to cover the open portion of the sieve, resilient means adapted to force the sieve against the puff and the puff against the lid to prevent undesired discharge of powder through said sieve, and means adapted to limit the motion of the sieve in an upward direction.

5. A receptacle-for face powder comprising a box, a lid therefor, a sieve within the box, means associated with the sieveadapted to prevent the leakage of powder between the edge thereof and the wall of the box, a puff device between the sieve and the lid and resilient means adapted to force the sieve against the pufl and the puff against the lid to preventun'desired discharge of powder through the sieve.

6. A receptacle for face powder comprising a box, alid therefor, a sieve within the box, means associated with the sieve adapted to prevent the leakage of powder between the edge thereof and the wall of the box, a puff device between the sieve and the lid, said puff device being dimensioned to cover the open portion of the sieve and resilient means adapted to force the sieve against the puff and the puff against the lid to prevent undesired discharge of powder through-said sieve.

7. A receptacle for face powder comprising a box, a lid therefor, a sieve within the box, means associated-with the sieve adapted to prevent the leakage of powder between the edge thereof and the wall of the box, a puff device between the sieve and the lid, resilient means adapted to force the sieve against the puff and the puff against the lid to prevent undesired discharge of powder through the sieve and means adapted to limit the motion of the sieve in an upward direction.

8. A receptacle for face powder comprising a box, a lid therefor, a sieve within the box, means associated with the sieve adapted to prevent the leakage of powder between the edge thereof and the wall of the box, a

.puff device between the sieve and the lid,

said puff device being dimensioned to cover the open portion of the sieve, resilient means adapted to force the sieve against the pufi and the puff against the lid to prevent undesired discharge of powder through said sieve, and means adapted to limit the motion of the sieve in an upward direction.

9. A receptacle for face powder compris ing a box, a lid therefor, a sieve within the box, means associated with the sieve adapted to prevent the leakage of powder between the edge thereofv and the wall of the box, a puff device between the sieve and the lid, said puff device being dimensioned to cover the open portion of the sieve, a spiral spring adapted to force the sieve against the puff and the )uff against the lid to prevent undesired ischarge of powder through said sieve, and means adapted to limit the motion of the sieve in an upward direction.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification. 

